CCM's Mainstage Series Presents Arpino's 'Birthday Variations'

2018-19 MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES

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Dec. 6-9, 2018 Patricia Corbett Theater

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BIRTHDAY VARIATIONS

CELEBRATING THE ART OF MOTION Director Deirdre Carberry Lighting Designer Rachael N. Blackwell*

Production Stage Manager Andrew Volzer*

Associate Lighting Designer Nina Agelvis*

Associate Sound Designer Hannah Werle* * CCM Student

Birthday Variations will last approximately one hour and 45 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

Dec. 6-9, 2018 Patricia Corbett Theater

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NOTES PROGRAM NOTE

The Department of Dance is excited to celebrate this festive season with Birthday Variations, a concert of mixed repertoire ranging from classical ballet to contemporary modern.

Our evening begins with “Kitri’s Wedding” from Don Quixote (Act III), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus.

It was first presented by the ballet of the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on Dec. 26, 1869. This work is one of the most famous, enduring and exciting ballet adaptations in the classical repertoire. Our production has been restaged by associate professor of dance Deirdre Carberry.

The second piece is a world premiere, Bridges, choreographed by associate professor of dance Michael Tevlin and set to music by Benjamin Britten.

The piece showcases the talents of the dance department’s students in a contemporary ballet that spans moods, emotions, techniques and ages.

The concert will also feature Volume IV, a contemporary work choreographed by current CCM senior Hope Friedman. It is a culmination of her choreographic work at CCM. Volume IV revisits excerpts from past Dance Student Choreographers Showcase productions reinvented for the Mainstage. This work combines contemporary music with an exploration of what it means to be “normal” and our connections with those around us.

Judith Mikita, choreographer and visiting professor of dance, and James Culley, director of the CCM Percussion Ensemble, have created a landscape of inventive movement and live music in Apertures and Vistas. Discovering spaces both narrow and vast, the performers are in turn human, animal and nature itself.

The rousing finale highlights Birthday Variations, choreographed by Gerald Arpino and set to music by Giuseppe Verdi. Birthday Variations was commissioned by Becky D’Angelo as a birthday present to her husband Dino, who owned Chicago’s Civic Opera House and loved Verdi’s music. Birthday Variations, staged by Nicole Duffy Robertson, is a sparkling showpiece of classical dancing.

Thank you very much for being here. We hope you enjoy the concert!

Jiang Qi, Chair of Dance Department

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THE VILLAGE NEWS ALUMNI APPLAUSE Luca De-Poli (BFA Ballet, 2015) trained at Ballet Florida’s school under the direction of Marie Hale and also attended A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts under the direction of Jan Goetz. After he graduated from CCM, De-Poli joined Cincinnati Ballet II for the 2015-16 season and was promoted to apprentice the following year. That season, De-Poli danced in a world premiere by Ma Cong and Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16. He also debuted the role of Zeus in the North American premiere of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Eros Redux. De-Poli was promoted to Company Member for the 2018-19 season at the Cincinnati Ballet.

Julie Eicher (BFA Ballet, 2012) has danced with the Dayton Ballet, Nashville Ballet and Ballet Neo and Artisan Dance Company in New York City. She has performed in Die Fledermaus at Houston Grand Opera and made her musical theatre debut in Carousel at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. From 2015 to 2017, she performed in the Phantom of the Opera national tour as part of the Corps de Ballet and the understudy for Meg Giry. She recently starred in the Ogunquit Playhouse’s An American in Paris, and she is currently the understudy for Ellen in Broadway’s national tour of Miss Saigon.

Jordan Schwinabart (BFA Ballet, 2013) danced two seasons with the Louisville Ballet during her time at CCM and has been a company member of the Alabama Ballet since 2013. During her time there, she has had the pleasure of dancing in works by Jirí Kylián, Agnes de Mille, George Balanchine, Roger Van Fleteren and Jamorris Rivers.

Melody Stewart (BM Music Theory, 1984) is the first African-American woman elected to the Ohio Supreme Court after winning about 52 percent of the vote in November’s mid-term elections. She previously served on the Eighth District Court of Appeals in Cleveland. After her time at CCM, she received a law degree from Cleveland State University’s ClevelandMarshall College of Law and a PhD from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Stewart is a member of the Ohio Criminal Justice Recodification Committee.

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“Kitri’s Wedding”

(from Don Quixote Act III) Choreographer Marius Petipa

Music by Ludwig Minkus

Restaged and original choreography by Deirdre Carberry

Costumes by CCM Dance Lighting Designer Nina Agelvis

Lead Couple...................................................... ISABELLE HAAS & DAVID HARRIS *#, YU-TING HUANG & MILTON HOLLOWAY +^ Flower Girl #1..................................................... CELINA MERRILL *+, YING-CHI LU #, RINA TAKIKAWA ^ Flower Girl #2..................................MADELEINE BROWN *+, ALISON BARTELS #, KATE DELON ^ Flower Girl #3............................... SOPHIA BEADIE *+, GRACE MCCUTCHEON #, ANNE MCGOVERN ^ Flower Girl #4..........................JUJU STOJANOVIC *#, ALEXANDRIA WRIGHT +, CHIA-YI CHENG ^ Pas de Quatre......................................ALEXA BUCKINGHAM, EMILY GLACCUM, AMELIA HARRIS & MARANDA JORY-GEIGER *# YING-CHI LU, JILLIAN SADLER, ERIKA SHI & OLIVIA THORNTON +^ (UNDERSTUDIES: CHIA-YI CHENG, ANNE MCGOVERN) Men’s Duet......................................................DAVID LOPENA & ZAYNE STAPLETON (UNDERSTUDY: DAVID HARRIS) Pas de Trois....................................AMELIA HARRIS, MARANDA JORY-GEIGER & DAVID LOPENA *# YING-CHI LU, DAVID LOPENA & JILLIAN SADLER +^ (UNDERSTUDIES: DAVID HARRIS, ZAYNE STAPLETON) * Denotes performers on Thursday, Dec. 6 + Denotes performers on Friday, Dec. 7 # Denotes performers on Saturday, Dec. 8 ^ Denotes performers on Sunday, Dec. 9

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CHOREOGRAPHER MARIUS PETIPA

Marius Petipa (1818-1910) was one of the most influential figures of classical ballet. His choreography forms the basis of the Royal Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Bayadère and Coppélia, among others. Petipa was born in Marseilles.

His father was a dancer, and Petipa began dancing in his father’s travelling company at age nine. At 16, he joined Théâtre Nantes, where he also created a number of ballets, and he later studied in Paris with Auguste Vestris. In May 1847 he arrived in St. Petersburg and two months later made his debut as principal dancer and ballet master of the Mariinsky, starring in his re-staging of Joseph Mazilier’s Paquita. His breakthrough as a choreographer came in 1859 with his production of La Fille du pharaon, and in 1869 he was appointed Chief Choreographer of the Mariinsky. In addition to creating original works such as Don Quixote (1869) and La Bayadère (1877), he restaged pre-existing works, including Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot’s Giselle (1884) and Arthur Saint-Léon’s Coppélia (1884). Petipa’s 1890 production of Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty was followed by productions of The Nutcracker (1892) and Swan Lake (1895), both created with Lev Ivanov. His last great work before his retirement in 1903 was Raymonda (1898). Petipa’s ballets are grand spectacles that made magnificent use of the corps de ballet and place the lead ballerina center stage. His theater and school became a model for ballet companies around the globe throughout the 20th century.

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Bridges Choreography by Michael Tevlin Lighting Designer Nina Agelvis

Music Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge by Benjamin Britten Costumes by K.H. Martin

1. Truss (Thursday & Saturday)........... AUDREY BURDICK, GRACE BURKHART, REBEKAH DEGNAN, ELAINA DIDIER, ERIN DONNELLY, EMILY GLACCUM, DAVIS HARRIS, MICHAEL HAVERTY, MADISON HOLSCHUH, LYDIA HUBACHER, MADELINE KALLAY, EMILY KAVENAGH, LIZ MCGOVERN, MADELINE MONTGOMERY, ELLEN PIERCE & MAEVE TOM 1. Truss (Friday & Sunday)..................KARLY ANDREW, ALEXA BUCKINGHAM, ISABELLE CUMMINGS, AMELIA HARRIS, DAVIS HARRIS, MICHAEL HAVERTY, MADISON HOLSCHUH, LYDIA HUBACHER, MARANDA JORY-GEIGER, LIZ MCGOVERN, TWYLA POJETTA, SARAH SANTARSIERO, TAYLOR STAGNARO, LAUREN STUHLREYER, JULIA TZE & ALEXANDRIA WRIGHT 2. Cantilever........................................................DAVIS HARRIS, MICHAEL HAVERTY, MADISON HOLSCHUH, LIZ MCGOVERN & ENSEMBLE 3. Buscula.......................................................... ERIN DONNELLY, LYDIA HUBACHER, MAEVE TOM *#; ALEXA BUCKINGHAM, AMELIA HARRIS, LYDIA HUBACHER +^ 4. Arch........................................................... AUDREY BURDICK, GRACE BURKHART, REBEKAH DEGNAN, EMILY KAVENAGH & MADELINE MONTGOMERY *#; KARLY ANDREW, ISABELLE CUMMINGS, MARANDA JORY-GEIGER, LAUREN STUHLREYER & JULIA TZE +^ 5. Swing...................................MADELINE KALLAY *#, ALEXANDRIA WRIGHT +^ 6. Girder.................................................................... ELAINA DIDIER, ERIN DONNELLY, EMILY GLACCUM & ELLEN PIERCE *#; ALEXA BUCKINGHAM, TWYLA POJETTA, SARAH SANTAR & TAYLOR STAGNARO +^ 7. Suspension.............................................................................................................. ENSEMBLE 8. Beam......................................................................................................................... ENSEMBLE * Denotes performers on Thursday, Dec. 6 + Denotes performers on Friday, Dec. 7 # Denotes performers on Saturday, Dec. 8 ^ Denotes performers on Sunday, Dec. 9 CCM 6

Volume IV Choreography by Hope Friedman Lighting Designer Rachael N. Blackwell Costumes by CCM Dance

Music “Hey Mami” by Sylvan Esso “Que Sera” by Wax Tailor “Fall Into Me” by Alev Lenz “Deadroses” by Blackbear “Aftermath” by Caravan Palace “Down” by Marian Hill

Dancers KARLY ANDREW, JULIETTE BACULA, ALISON BARTELS, GRACE BURKHART, LAURA GABAY, AMELIA HARRIS, LYDIA HUBACHER, JONMARIE JOHNSON, MADELINE KALLAY, AMANDA KENNER, ALYSSA PANKEY, TAYLOR STAGNARO, ZAYNE STAPLETON Volume IV will be followed by a 15-minute intermission.

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Apertures and Vistas Choreography by Judith Mikita Lighting Designer Rachael N. Blackwell Costume Designer Rebecca Senske, with updates by Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer

Music Improvisations from Mark Saya’s “Lamed Wufniks,” Through King Crimson’s “Discipline” and Stuart Smith’s “Angels,” to William Russell’s “March” Music performed by Brandon Dodge, Declan Hayden, Robert Howe and Ryan Thomas

Soloist MAEVE TOM *#, MADELINE KALLAY +^ Dancers JULIETTE BACULA *#, ALISON BARTELS *#, SOPHIA BEADIE +^, KATE DELON +^, ANNA DONNELLY +^, HOPE FRIEDMAN *#, JONMARIE JOHNSON +^, AMANDA KENNER *#, EMILY KLINE +^, RACHEL MACK *#, GRACE MCCUTCHEON +^, ANNE MCGOVERN +^, ALYSSA PANKEY *#, TWYLA POJETTA *#, ANNA LEE ROHOVEC *#, LAUREN SOKOL +^, LAUREN STUHLREYER +^, RINA TAKIKAWA *# * Denotes performers on Thursday, Dec. 6 + Denotes performers on Friday, Dec. 7 # Denotes performers on Saturday, Dec. 8 ^ Denotes performers on Sunday, Dec. 9

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Birthday Variations (1986)

Choreography by Gerald Arpino Staged by Nicole Duffy Robertson Lighting Designer Rachael N. Blackwell, after Thomas Skelton

Music by Giuseppe Verdi (from I Lombardi and I Vespri Siciliani) Costumes by Sam Meredith/ProTutu, after Stanley Simmons Rehearsal Assistant Jiang Qi

Opening....................................................................................................................... ENSEMBLE Variation #1.......................................... DAVID LOPENA *#, MILTON HOLLOWAY +^ (UNDERSTUDY: MICHAEL HAVERTY) Variation #2.............................................................. ERIN DONNELLY *#, ERIKA SHI +^ (UNDERSTUDIES: CHIA-YI CHENG, LAURA GABAY) Variation #3.............................................LIZ MCGOVERN *#, LYDIA HUBACHER +^ (UNDERSTUDIES: AUDREY BURDICK, CHIA-YI CHENG) Pas de deux...................................................YU-TING HUANG & DAVID LOPENA *#, MADISON HOLSCHUH & MILTON HOLLOWAY +^ (UNDERSTUDIES: ISABELLE HAAS, MICHAEL HAVERTY) Variation #4............................................. ISABELLE HAAS *#, JUJU STOJANOVIC +, MADELEINE BROWN ^ (UNDERSTUDIES: AUDREY BURDICK, CELINA MERRILL) Variation #5..................................YU-TING HUANG *#, MADISON HOLSCHUH +^ (UNDERSTUDIES: ISABELLE HAAS, YING-CHI LU) Variation #6...................................................... YING-CHI LU *#, CELINA MERRILL +^ (UNDERSTUDY: OLIVIA THORNTON) Coda.............................................................................................................................. ENSEMBLE * Denotes performers on Thursday, Dec. 6 + Denotes performers on Friday, Dec. 7 # Denotes performers on Saturday, Dec. 8 ^ Denotes performers on Sunday, Dec. 9 These performances of Birthday Variations, an Arpino ballet, are presented with the permission of the Gerald Arpino Foundation and have been produced in accordance with the Foundation service standards established and provided by the Foundation.

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CHOREOGRAPHER GERALD ARPINO

Gerald Arpino (1923-2008) was the Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of the Joffrey Ballet, the company he co-founded with Robert Joffrey in 1956. Born on Staten Island, New York, he met Joffrey while stationed in Seattle with the Coast Guard. He studied with Mary Ann Wells at the School of American Ballet, danced with Graham dancers May O’Donnell and Gertrude Schurr, and was a principal dancer with the original Joffrey company.

As resident choreographer, Arpino created over one third of the commissioned repertory for the Joffrey Ballet, including Sea Shadow, Viva Vivaldi, Olympics, The Clowns, Trinity, Kettentanz, Suite Saint-Saens and Light Rain. He also had wide experience in Broadway musicals, on television, in opera and staged musicals for the country’s leading festivals. Arpino’s ballets have been performed at the White House on several occasions, as well as around the world, to critical acclaim as well as controversial appraisal.

So varied was his output that one critic commented, “He’s not a single artist. He must be an alliance.” As one of the recipients of the 1974 Dance Magazine Award, his citation read: “To Gerald Arpino – more than any other choreographer, he has recognized the spirit of the times. His work speaks clearly of the anguish and the joy of being young in America today.”

Arpino directed the Joffrey Ballet from Joffrey’s passing in 1988 until 2008, continuing Joffrey’s vision for the company by restaging important dance historical works, such as Léonide Massine’s symphonic ballet Les Presages (1933) and Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella (1948), as well as taking risks with new commissions such as the rock ballet Billboards (1993) to music by Prince.

In 1995, Arpino moved the Joffrey Ballet to Chicago, where he established the Joffrey as a world-class company in the heart of the American Midwest, which continues to thrive today.

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RESTAGING BY

NICOLE DUFFY ROBERTSON Nicole Duffy Robertson is a co-founder and Associate Artistic Director of the New York Dance Project. She danced with the Joffrey Ballet for over a decade, based both in New York and Chicago, performing works by Joffrey, Arpino, Ashton, Balanchine, Cranko, DeMille, Limon, Massine and Nijinska, among many others.

Duffy is also a répétiteur for the Gerald Arpino Foundation, which is dedicated to passing on the historical Joffrey repertory to the next generation. Most recently, she staged Arpino’s Light Rain and assisted Trinette Singleton in the reconstruction of Robert Joffrey’s Gamelan. She teaches master classes and workshops nationally and internationally, guest teaches for the Ballet Hispanico company and STEPS on Broadway and is on the faculty of Marymount Manhattan College. For many years, Duffy was on the faculty of the Joffrey Ballet School, where she taught ballet, repertory and implemented the dance history curriculum. She was also ballet master of the Joffrey Concert Group.

Raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she began her training with Ana Garcia and Maria Carrera at Ballets de San Juan, dancing the classical and Balanchine repertory. During her time at BSJ she also worked with Frederic Franklin, Ivan Nagy and Melissa Hayden, and she shared the stage with luminaries such as Rudolf Nureyev, Fernando Bujones and Cynthia Gregory. Duffy graduated summa cum laude with a BA in art history from Columbia University and has an MA in dance and art history from New York University’s Gallatin School.

Her writing has been published in the Massachusetts Review, Eye on Dance and the Arts and the NYU journal Esferas.

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Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for YaYa Dance Academy (Industry, California), Master Electrician for the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival (Durant, Oklahoma).

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Production Sound Engineer.................................................................... Zachory Ivans Sound Shop Graduate Assistants........................ Hankyu Lee, Edward Mineishi Wig Shop Graduate Assistants.................Meredith Keister, Samantha Kittle, Oran Wongpandid Props Graduate Assistants................................. Ashley Crockett, Sidney Martin Props Construction Crew........................................... Matt Barnett, Zach Buscher, Sawyer Clifton, Olivia Darling, Elanor Eberhardt, Meghan Emanuel, Payton Epperson, Ellie Fangman, Alys Faye, Lucy Guillemette, Karissa Hodge, Seth Howard, Sedona Isch, Kylie Kanter, Maddie Kevelson, Chris Lipstreu, Sarah Nowak, Marissa Picciuto, Jacquelyn Reis, Myrrh Sewell, Lynae Smith, Carson Trego, Monica Walker, Josh Windes, Andrew Wright Stage Management Office Assistants.................................................Jeff Harwood, Carmen R. Lawrence

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FACULTY AND STAFF Division of Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration (TAPAA) Denton Yockey, Division Head, TAPAA/Executive Producer Aubrey Berg, Chair of Musical Theatre Department Michael Blankenship, Resident Scenic Artist Rebecca Bromels, Arts Administration Angelika Bonyhati-Kovacs, Dance Accompanist Deirdre Carberry, Resident Dance Choreographer/Ballet Michael Carr, Musical Theatre Instructor/Movement Rebecca Childs, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Theory Colleen Condit, Program Manager, Dance Tracy Connor, Acting Instructor/Improv Anne Cushing-Reid, Arts Administration Instructor Denise Dal Vera, Business Skills for the Actor Instructor Vincent DeGeorge, Weinberger Chair, Musical Theatre/Opera Performance Gema Diaz, Dance Instructor Wendy Dorn, Theatre Design and Production Instructor Isabele Elefson, Dance Instructor Gregory S. Falcione, Resident Master Electrician Susan Felder, Acting/Movement James H. Gage, Resident Lighting Designer Jeri Gatch, Dance Instructor Stephen Goers, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Director Roger Grodsky, Musical Theatre Vocal Coach/Conductor Robin Guarino, Chair of Opera Department Patti Hall, Program Manager, TAPAA Mark Halpin, Resident Scenic Designer Jean Hamilton, Arts Administration Department Director Richard E. Hess, Chair of Acting Department Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer, Dance Instructor/Ballet Qi Jiang, Chair of Dance Department Katie Johannigman, Musical Theatre, Choreographer and Director k. Jenny Jones, Acting/Movement, Stage Combat Michele Kay, Chair of Theatre Design and Production Department/Stage Management Diane Lala, Resident Musical Theatre Director/Choreographer/Jazz/Pilates Wendy LeBorgne, Voice Pathologist

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Marie-France Lefebvre, Opera Coach Patricia Linhart, Voice/Musical Theatre D. Lynn Meyers, Drama Instructor/Audition Techniques Judith Mikita, Interim Dance/Modern Kathryn Miller, Resident Properties Artisan Steve Miller, Associate Director of Theater Ops Dean Mogle, Resident Costume Designer Laura Molander, Theatre Costume Draper Susan Morrison, Costume Shop Manager Susan Moser, Acting and Opera Instructor/Theatre Movement Robert G. Pavlovich, Acting for the Camera/Theatre History David Ralphs, Dance Accompanist Katelyn Groh Reid, Instructor/Dialects Brant Russell, Acting/Script Analysis/Artist in Society/Director Ted Seaman, Dance Accompanist Rebecca Senske, Associate Costume Designer Stirling Shelton, Technical Director Marcus Shields, Interim Opera Director D’Arcy Smith, Voice Production/Vocal Coach Julie Spangler, Musical Theatre Instructor/Music Director Sharon Stith, Financial Administrator, TAPAA Kristin Suess, Arts Administration Instructor/Career Management Tricia Sundbeck, Dance Instructor Douglas Sutton, Dance Accompanist Michael Tevlin, Resident Dance Choreographer/Ballet Matthew Tibbs, Resident Sound Designer Regina Truhart, Costume Technology Thomas C. Umfrid, Resident Scenic Designer Kathryn Webster, Acting Instructor, Voice Production Kyle Wichman, Scene Shop Foreman Mark C. Williams, Lighting Technology and Design Karen Wissel, Dance Instructor/Modern Scot Wooley, Theatre Design and Production Sound Instructor Kelly A. Yurko, Resident Make-Up and Wigs Designer

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CCM ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Stanley E. Romanstein, Dean & Thomas James Kelly Professor of Music Stephanie Schlagel, Interim Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies John Martin, Assistant Dean, Preparatory and Community Engagement Anne Cushing-Reid, Director of Engagement, Special Programs and Partnerships Andrea M. Fitzgerald, Assistant Dean, Enrollment Services Kathryn Zajac Albertson, Senior Admissions Officer Kandice Odister, Admissions Program Manager Diane White, Director of Business Affairs Steve McConnell, Business Manager TJ Hizer, Human Resources Consultant Karen Tully, Senior Director of Development and External Relations Sarah Mizelle, Director of Development and External Relations Jamie Muenzer, Associate Director of Alumni Relations Curt Whitacre, Director of Marketing and Communications Mikki Graff, Graphic Designer Rebecca Butts, Assistant Public Information Officer Jonathan Dellinger, Alexandra Doyle, Public Information Assistants Mark Lyons, Photographer Rayburn Dobson, Jr., Senior Director of Performance Operations John McDonagh, Director of Facilities and Performance Services Eric Wolfley, Director of Piano Services Rebekah Whitacre, Piano Technician Simรณn Sotelo, Director of Recording Services Eric Louie, Scheduling Manager Jeanne Rose, Box Office Manager Emily Bauer, Albert Carter, Hannah Hoffman, Box Office Assistant Managers Gracie Ankenbauer, Lilly Bedell, Emma Brueneman, Nia Burns, Ashley Centers, Jack Clayton, Claire Davis, Rory Hefner-Templar, Sarah Huesman, Christopher Jacobs, Brent Levy, Shannon Lock, Jerome McCray, Trey Peterson, Tony Smith, Box Office Staff Ilona Eke, Eric Morin, Corey Wickline, House Managers Kate Alexandra, Faroq al-Rajoub, Andrew Baker, Taiga Benito, Lily Couch, Olivia Darling, Christina Emery, Rebecca Flank, Carmen Granger, Aryel Hawkins, Jennelle John-Lewis, Hannah Lohr-Pearson, Emily Mays, Acacia McCray, Michele Mensah, Sarah Minneman, Geoffrey Mintz, Nolan Monigold, Danny Mylott, Anurag Neti, Madison Nuss, Vraj Patel, Erin Rowland, Haleigh Sano, Sarah Sheerajin, Max Schaefer, Laura Sink, Micah Tawney, Carson Trego, Gabby Ullman, House and Operations Staff Jos. Berning Printing Company, Printing House Industries, Neutra Text Font Design

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2019 SUMMER FESTIVAL

CINCINNATI OPERA MUSIC HALL Mozart

The Marriage of Figaro June 13 & 15 Gounod

Romeo and Juliet June 27 & 29 The Gershwins’

Porgy and Bess July 20, 25, 27 & 28 SCPA

Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos July 6, 11, 13 & 14

MUSIC HALL’S WILKS STUDIO Richards & Cote WORLD PREMIERE

Blind Injustice July 22, 24, 26 & 27

Y HOLIDA E L A S PRE 4* DEC 3–1 ORDER BY PHONE OR ONLINE

(513) 241-2742 cincinnatiopera.org * Select performances only

Photo: Porgy & Bess by Philip Newton/Seattle Opera

Season Funders:

Preferred Healthcare Provider:

Patricia A. Corbett Estate and Trust

Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation

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INFO

GENERAL INFORMATION CCM BOX OFFICE: Located in the CCM Atrium, the Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 12:30-6 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; and one hour prior to curtain for Mainstage performances. MasterCard, Visa and Discover cards are accepted. CCM Box Office, P.O. Box 210003, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003; 513-556-4183.

PARKING: Convenient parking is available in the CCM Garage at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue. Additional parking is available in garages throughout the UC campus. Any questions concerning on-campus parking should be directed to UC Parking Services at 513-556-2283.

TAX CREDIT: If you find that you cannot attend your performance, your tickets may be donated for tax credit as a charitable contribution. Simply notify the Box Office prior to the performance to release your seats, and give your name and address. A tax donation receipt will be mailed to you.

EMERGENCY CALLS: If you are likely to receive an emergency call during a performance, please leave your name and seat location with the House Manager. If you have a beeper, we also request that you leave it with the House Manager along with your seat number so as not to disturb the audience and performers. In case of emergencies, this will help us locate you as quickly as possible.

LOST AND FOUND: 513-556-9413 HOUSE POLICIES: The House Manager has been instructed
to minimize the disturbance to patrons already seated when accommodating latecomers. The director and producer of each production select times that are least likely to interrupt the performance, and latecomers will be seated only during these times.

Latecomers who miss these opportunities will not be admitted until intermission. Children under the age of six will not be admitted.

CAMERAS, PHONES AND RECORDING DEVICES: The use of cameras, with or without flashes, recording devices, cellular phones and other electronic devices inside the theater is prohibited. Please leave them with the House Manager.

SMOKING AND REFRESHMENTS: Smoking and refreshments are not permitted in the theater. Effective May 1, 2017, smoking and

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tobacco use (including chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes) shall be prohibited by students, staff, faculty, visitors, vendors and contractors at all times in or on University of Cincinnati properties, including events on university property during non-school hours.

This includes all shelters, indoor and outdoor theaters and athletic facilities, bridges, walkways, sidewalks, residence halls, parking lots, and street parking and garages owned by the university.

HEARING ENHANCEMENT: Telex listening devices are available for checkout during performances in both Patricia Corbett Theater and Corbett Auditorium. Please inquire at the Box Office.

WHEELCHAIR SEATING: Wheelchair seating is available in both Corbett Auditorium and Patricia Corbett Theater. Seating is limited, so reservations should be made with the Box Office when ordering tickets. These seats are subject to availability.

GROUP SALES: The Box Office can accommodate groups for major productions and concerts. Preview and benefit performances are also available for some productions. For more information, call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.

CCM ONLINE: ccm.uc.edu JOIN THE CCM FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: www.facebook.com/ UCCollegeConservatoryofMusic FOLLOW CCM ON TWITTER: twitter.com/uc_ccm VIEW CCM ON INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/uc_ccm READ THE CCM VILLAGE NEWS BLOG: ccmpr.wordpress.com The purpose of these performances is educational, and they are part of a University of Cincinnati academic program.

KNOW YOUR EXIT

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MAIN STAGE SEASON

2018-2019

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DEC 6 -9 2018

2018 -19 SEASON SPONSOR Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation

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Feb. 13-17, 2019

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March 7-10, 2019

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April 12-14, 2019

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April 26-28, 2019 Titles and dates subject to change. * For mature audiences.

Photo by Mark Lyons

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